Election 2016

Tired of hearing about the same news stories on the presidential campaign over and over again? Check out these great videos and longer reads on the U.S. Presidency, U.S. elections, and each of the candidates. If you're ready for something more lighthearted, you can even see letters kids wrote to President Obama at the start of his Presidential term in 2008.

Books and Media on Past Elections

Unprecedented: the 2000 presidential election
Available at the library in Main Collection (324.973 U58 2004 DVD)

Divided America : the ferocious power struggle in American politics
Earl Black
Available at the library in Main Collection (324.273 B627d 2008)

Are American elections fair?

Stuart A. Kallen
Available at the library on 2nd floor display shelf  (324.973 A678 2006)

American political parties and elections : a very short introduction
Louis Sandy Maisel
Available at the library in Main Collection (324.973 M231a 2007)

Books and Media on Donald Trump

Crippled America : how to make America great again
Donald Trump
Available at the library in Main Collection (320.973 T871c 2015)

Moyers & Company: Donald Trump's Callous Capitalism (2012)
Available online - log in off-campus using your GRC ID number.

No such thing as over-exposure: inside the life and celebrity of Donald Trump
Robert Slater
Available at the library in Main Collection (333.33 S631n 2005)

Books and Media on Hillary Clinton

Alter egos: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and the twilight struggle over American power
Mark Landler
Available at the library on the New Books shelves by the Reference Desk (327.73 L257a 2016)

Great Speeches - Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Hillary Clinton, Michael Huckabee, and Louis Farrakhan

Available online - log in off-campus using your GRC ID number.

Books on the Presidency

Thanks and have fun running the country: kids' letters to President Obama
Jory John
Available at the library in Main Collection (973.932 T367 2009)